Brett Stewart

Brett Stewart

Toronto

Brookfield Place, Suite 4400

181 Bay Street

Toronto, Ontario M5J 2T3

t:
416.865.7115

e:
brett.stewart@mcmillan.ca

overview

Brett is a partner in the firm's Corporate and Commercial Law Group and the Co-Chair of McMillan’s Private Equity Group. Her practice focuses on assisting domestic and foreign clients with negotiated transactions including mergers and acquisitions, private equity financings, asset and share sales, corporate reorganizations, private placements, venture capital financings and management buyouts. In addition, Brett regularly advises clients on corporate governance issues and day-to-day corporate and commercial matters including the review and preparation of complex agreements. She has represented clients in a number of sectors including agri-food, clean tech, engineering, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, manufacturing, transportation and gaming.

Brett is the Co-Chair of the Canadian Women in Private Equity, a member of the Canadian Venture Capital & Private Equity Association and is on the leadership committee of the American Bar Association's Private Equity and Venture Capital Committee.

Brett was recognized by Lexpert Magazine as a Rising Star/Leading Lawyer in Canada under 40 years of age and as a Corporate Lawyer to watch in Lexpert's Guide to the Leading US/Canada Cross-Border Corporate Lawyers in Canada.

Brett acted as an adjunct professor for Osgoode Hall Law School teaching Business Associations.

Representative Matters

Acted as counsel to a private equity fund in completion of a long-term investment

Acted as Canadian counsel on a share purchase and leaseback of a real estate portfolio for a net lease REIT for a purchase price if $145M

Acted for large engineering firm in acquisition and disposition of a series of engineering concerns

Acted as Canadian counsel for a U.S. private equity fund in the acquisition of a publicly traded U.S. company with a Canadian subsidiary for a purchase price of approximately $525 million

Acted for Canadian generic drug manufacturer in series of acquisitions of Canadian wholesale drug distributors

Acted as counsel to Regimen Equity Partners in completion of equity investment in a Montreal manufacturer.

Acted for US private equity fund in series of Canadian based acquisition transactions

Represented closely-held, family-owned company in a series of food industry transactions

Acted for Canadian/US closely-held shipping concern in the disposition of its assets

Worked on corporate team representing Brookfield on corporate matters relative to Brookfield's intraconsortium documents for the acquisition of O&Y REIT, involving real estate assets valued in excess of $2.1 billion

Recognized by the 2019 Lexpert Guide to the US/Canada Cross-Border Lawyers in Canada as a leading Canadian lawyer in cross-border practices

Recognized by IFLR1000 Financial and Corporate Guide 2019 as a Rising Star in Investment Funds and Banking

Ranked by Lexpert Guide (2018) as a leading US/Canada Cross-Border Lawyer in Canada

Recognized in IFLR1000 Financial and Corporate Guide 2018 as a rising star in the areas of Investment Funds and Banking

Ranked in Lexpert Guide to the Leading US/Canada Cross-Border Corporate Lawyers in Canada 2015 as a Corporate Lawyer to Watch in the area of Corporate Commercial Law

Named one of Lexpert's Rising Stars: Leading Lawyers Under 40, 2014

Brett is a partner in the firm's Corporate and Commercial Law Group and the Co-Chair of McMillan’s Private Equity Group. Her practice focuses on assisting domestic and foreign clients with negotiated transactions including mergers and acquisitions, private equity financings, asset and share sales, corporate reorganizations, private placements, venture capital financings and management buyouts. In addition, Brett regularly advises clients on corporate governance issues and day-to-day corporate and commercial matters including the review and preparation of complex agreements. She has represented clients in a number of sectors including agri-food, clean tech, engineering, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, manufacturing, transportation and gaming.

Brett is the Co-Chair of the Canadian Women in Private Equity, a member of the Canadian Venture Capital & Private Equity Association and is on the leadership committee of the American Bar Association's Private Equity and Venture Capital Committee.

Brett was recognized by Lexpert Magazine as a Rising Star/Leading Lawyer in Canada under 40 years of age and as a Corporate Lawyer to watch in Lexpert's Guide to the Leading US/Canada Cross-Border Corporate Lawyers in Canada.

Brett acted as an adjunct professor for Osgoode Hall Law School teaching Business Associations.

Acted as counsel to a private equity fund in completion of a long-term investment

Acted as Canadian counsel on a share purchase and leaseback of a real estate portfolio for a net lease REIT for a purchase price if $145M

Acted for large engineering firm in acquisition and disposition of a series of engineering concerns

Acted as Canadian counsel for a U.S. private equity fund in the acquisition of a publicly traded U.S. company with a Canadian subsidiary for a purchase price of approximately $525 million

Acted for Canadian generic drug manufacturer in series of acquisitions of Canadian wholesale drug distributors

Acted as counsel to Regimen Equity Partners in completion of equity investment in a Montreal manufacturer.

Acted for US private equity fund in series of Canadian based acquisition transactions

Represented closely-held, family-owned company in a series of food industry transactions

Acted for Canadian/US closely-held shipping concern in the disposition of its assets

Worked on corporate team representing Brookfield on corporate matters relative to Brookfield's intraconsortium documents for the acquisition of O&Y REIT, involving real estate assets valued in excess of $2.1 billion